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authorHeiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de>2019-03-13 21:43:52 +0100
committerHeiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de>2019-03-13 21:43:52 +0100
commit8459057864e8acfbbd91611cc44779310d6149dc (patch)
tree762d31c9f289aed3110b1be6ac5d82a04a7beab7 /src/Makefile
parent1f93955ec73611886a4dc90bde07c3b91b666f53 (diff)
downloadexim4-8459057864e8acfbbd91611cc44779310d6149dc.tar.gz
Build process: Mention Local/Makefile-<buildname>
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diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 761b2956c..3aa3cc374 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -13,35 +13,33 @@
SHELL=/bin/sh
RM_COMMAND=/bin/rm
-# If a build name has not been specified by running this make file via a
-# command of the form "make build=xxxx", then determine the name of the
-# operating system and the machine architecture and use that. This does not
-# provide an override for the OS type and architecture type; they still have
-# to be used for the OS-specific files. To override them, you can set the
+# The buildname defaults to "<os-type>-<arch-type>". It can be
+# overridden by the "build" parameter when invoking make (e.g. make
+# build=xxx) This does not provide an override for the OS type and
+# architecture type used during the build process; they still have to be
+# used for the OS-specific files. To override them, you can set the
# shell variables OSTYPE and ARCHTYPE when running make.
#
-# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX should be used to enable parallel builds on a file
-# system shared among different Linux distros (same os-type, same
-# arch-type). The ../test/runtest script is expected to honour the
-# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX when searching the Exim binary.
-# NOTE: EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX is considered *experimental*.
+# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX gets appended to the buildname. (This enables
+# parallel builds on a file system shared among different Linux distros
+# (same os-type, same arch-type). The ../test/runtest script honours the
+# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX when searching the Exim binary.)
buildname=$${build:-`$(SHELL) scripts/os-type`-`$(SHELL) scripts/arch-type`}$${EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX:+.$$EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX}
# The default target checks for the existence of Local/Makefile, that the main
# makefile is built and up-to-date, and then it runs it.
+# If Local/Makefile-<buildname> exists, it is read too.
all: Local/Makefile configure
@cd build-$(buildname); $(MAKE) SHELL=$(SHELL) $(MFLAGS)
-
# This pair for the convenience of of the Debian maintainers
exim: Local/Makefile configure
@cd build-$(buildname); $(MAKE) SHELL=$(SHELL) $(MFLAGS) exim
utils: Local/Makefile configure
@cd build-$(buildname); $(MAKE) SHELL=$(SHELL) $(MFLAGS) utils
-
Local/Makefile:
@echo ""
@echo "*** Please create Local/Makefile by copying src/EDITME and making"